Description
The Greystone Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2022 is a wild and barrel fermented style Sauvignon Blanc with a generous palate of ripe peach, apricot and nectarine flesh aromas with delicate floral highlights. Palate is generous with luscious fruits, creamy texture and a defined finish. Well-rounded, structured and unique style. The Greystone Organic Sauvignon Blanc is a truly unique style of Sauvignon Blanc for New Zealand, produced from two rare clones of Sauvignon Blanc (376 and 530 ), originally taken from the Loire Valley. This is very different from the rest of New Zealand, which generally uses a singular Bordeaux clone. These vines produce much smaller bunches with golden coloured grapes – the Bordeaux tends to a heavier bunch size and more green tinged. These grapes produce beautiful fruit flavours of golden kiwifruit, mango, ripe pineapple and guava.
Ageing potential: Unlike most NZ Sauvignon this wine actually benefits from further aging. As it ages the primary fruit flavours lessen and you tend to get more aromas of crushed oyster shell and flint.
Food pairing: We love this wine with rich seafood- particularly crayfish, salmon, scallops or prawns.
Alcohol: 13.5% ABV